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YES !. . . our site IS a bit ambitious !1000s of items from 1000s of PDF some huge otherwise unmanagable >>> FlipPages AND from Many Suppliers and offering YOU a choice / variety and AN ALTERNATIVE for You generally at reasonable Cost !

1993 initial attempt at “Bulletin Boards”:/modems etc - primitive pre Telstra and “ALL the rest” . . . IT IS All history”1995-ish introduction of PDFs . . . against the odds at the time . . inertia, paranoia by we administrators etc1996 - use of .XIF format ( ( from PAGISPro ( now defunct) . althomany .XIF pages still on our “archive” Site AND locked in!- introduction of “DJVu” format pre . . . a massive improvement over PDFs and .XIF at the time2006-8 Flip Page formats . . . Initial PDF-to-Web format most PDF files are in /pdf2/) also some in aPDFDIR “archiv”e may still be missing “404” Errors & some-what “cluttered” perhaps > it’s still a working repository > for us at least !2009-11 - iintial pdfFLIP see Overview DIR /pdfFLIP/’2012-current & Updated “Flip Page” see Overview DIR /flip/: HTML-5 compatible/ compatible with Apple, mobile phones even Androids ( but limited) because they still do NOT use “FLASH”2012 - FAST Search via Page Titles introducedGOOGLE Our Wwebsite Search2013+ Initial attempts at Shopping Carts - MAL’s Cart2014+> Site NOW our Website is “completly hosted in the CLOUDS and FAST . . . to hell with Turnbull / Telstra and their Broadband and All the other “ Ausiie hangers-on”- at least we are trying to the right thing by YOU !2015 FlipSHOP mechanism introduced - Add > /index.PHP to ANY Flip URL many Prices eg Major Suppliers now “System Current” manually adjusted to current AUD/USD as needed ( usually when difference is > 2-3%ALT” Mal’s Car” is stillActive and being maintained for preliminary QUOTE purpose2015-July - NEW Online SHOP Cart fully functional - still evolving with Prices. . . BUT you may need toREGISTER . . . in future ???

Chromtech “mobile” MINI-SITE in a 650x900 px format for better reading on a mobile for example . . . with less reliance on those “squinty” eyes

Features : Account HistoryAustralia-wide Auto-freight Calculator built-in2015-Aug > Dramatic site upgrade to www.chromalytic.net.au( now embeds in an I-Frame the whole of our previous/ & still current detailed sitewww.chromtech.net.au) FLASH being discontinued altho remnants still requires a PC

>>> NOW !FlipPAGE SHOPPE via /index.PHP extension to ALL FlipPAGES “URL”Prices for our MAIN Supplier 18,000 items but YOU Search for them via CatNo SEARCH within the FlipPAGEs Whether we add more ???. . . it IS unfortunately also feeding INFO to our competitors . . .but catch if u can! . . . but we may/will require YOUR Registraion in future for full pricing

ourSHOPPE(s) ??? . . . but Nowseveral versions ? . . . and “it’s called evolution”. . . BUT All are more or less “ insync” . . . based on the same pages/info and similar features. . . to cater for those who want options or have their own “hang-ups” re new ideas, lack of resources etc

NEW ! > from . . . Jan 2015Our On-line Shop Cart(s) still NEEDs to Allow for Exchange Rate variations ( . . . just intolerable & unsustainable for Us! )SO! . . . Our Shop Prices are set at a Base XR AUD/USD=0.95 ( adjusted to a more realistic current 0.79 (as of Mar2015 following the “”CRASH” late 2014 and will be manually and timely adjusted to the current XR at date of Shipment if / as necessary

YOU PAY . . . ( for Governments and Banks blunders / mismanagement . . . arguably ?PP Invoice 1 at XR=0.79 . . . regard this as a deposit to implement our Ordering processPP Invoice 2 . . . Prices re-calculated to the Current XR . . . but ONLY if necessaryYou pay “ the difference”, to complete the Order and to allow for any minor adjustments re freight, mistakes etc or errors due to limitations (as in almost ALL Cart designs.We will manually make the necessary adjustments and send the “top up” PP Invoice(-2) to you for XR as needed on Invoices and minor freight adjustments)No Payment in Total . . . No shipment !A Credit in your favor is issued against your next orderr

The MAL’s SHOPPE Cart PP Invoice Header /” Instructions”l form will have an approx XR posted if you wish to calculate an estimated cost

. . . that’s the best we can do . . . as involuntary “Tax Collectors” for the TAX Deptand - they can’t / won’t even provide decent s’ware tools to assist . . . to compensate for an arguably crazy WW-W(oose”) economic systemYou can of course ask for a “RFQ” and order as normal via our PC based Quote / Order Confirmation system, . . . details via phone and / or e-mail requestThere may be some price discrepancies in the short term until we get our overall “ system” synchronisedBUT Note . . . we DON”T Accept CC Orders over the phone ! . . . neither will anyone else these days !AT ALL TIMES . . . we will try and work to a reasonable compromise re pricing . . . in your favour !BUT . . .ONLY IF YOU TALK TO US !

2019 Now I’m completely disillusioned with SHOP Carts how trivial / superficial they are ! > No detail

So . . Our site is NOW fully hosted overseas “ in the Clouds” . . . and it ISFAST(er) !2017 albeit now being deliberately choked by Telstra > ISPs . . . in favor of mobile phones/ download of movies by “pirates” etc and slowed down by the rest of you “web junkies”

at this time . . . ITS ABSOLUTELY THE BEST WE CAN DO. . . even if YOU still insist on using those damn “mickey mouse” phones for browsing !ANYWAY NOW WE have that (“at least’) covered !(but we Still have Your obvious limitations using THAT “crap” web technology )lets’ face it the problem is STILL all in YOUR hands . . . or your Companys’ . . . to get up to speedlet’s face it . . . it’s ALL Those “ twitter and twats” that are literally ”bogging down” the Web infrastructue

2018-9 OUR reasonable compromise - HTM is a useful Index toFlipPAGETechnologywith “pinch & zoom” even a 400px screen is usable to view an + to Print A4 . . .with “squinty eyes” but with an I-Pad or Android A8 even better

We’ve NOW largely converted our detailed/extended “original” PC Site into a 600px format ( from the “original” 1300px screen format)

If you access our main site via Google it auto - reverts to our WIX 400px “simple MickeyMouse HTM format albeit to a “mobile” HomePage

SORRY! but those “clunky” new web design pages ( for example Wordpress ) . . . are not for me ! even tho’ the multitude of plug-ins might offer impressive graphic effects and “chewing up” bandwidth of course !)WIX is OK and one site can serve both format purposes small mobile > tablet > PCNor are these reallyuser friendly OR practical for managing a Large technical info based Site . . . let alone a Shop with a large Product List

That “blocky” text format is still the limiting factor

so mobile > www.chromtech-aus.com> 400ps but our HTM ongoing links can revert to the PC format inadvertantlyand admittedly a bit overwhelming for “most”

for Tablet or a PC > www.chromtech-aus.com/shop is quite s bit simpler in many respectswe are trying to achieve “some sort’ of interactivity

GOOGLE Ranking and SEO > “rorts”

beyond ALL That ! we are still battling against the odds with GOOGLE etc

despite a tremdous amount of effort from us trying to do the right think . . . after 25years we Still have never achieved ANY sort of ranking for our website effortts

One is perhaps Not surpised after G..g.. being fined “millions” for mal-practitse they do seem to grudgingly conceding and forced to be a bit more forthcoming with SEO on-line assistand

But as for those “up-start” 3rd party SEOs out there . . . what a joke they are ! . . . my opinion . . .with All due respect !